看够了那些用CG蚂蚁堆砌的生态恐怖片？Stuart Gordon的《蚁王杀机》反其道行之，把变异昆虫的压迫感全部塞进了封闭空间里。这片比较适合对昆虫恐怖有抵抗力、喜欢看人在极端压力下慢慢瓦解的观众，特别适合深夜一个人关灯看。别指望多有深度，就是图个刺激，下饭正好！。剧情推动全靠角色间的信任崩坏，没有廉价反转，蚂蚁的象征（社会性、吞噬、秩序）被低调植入每一场冲突。Stuart Gordon延续了他一贯的粗粝叙事，没打算把人当傻子——主角被活埋进蚁穴的那场戏，镜头死死钉在地面上，你能清楚看到蚂蚁顺着他的耳廓爬进耳道，那种细微的刺痛感比任何音效都更让人坐立不安。☁。

　　Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals.
　　
　　"King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.
　　
　　From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.
　　
　　The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.
　　
　　The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.
　　
　　Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.

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